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Media Statement PRETORIA – The South African Police Service (SAPS) will host its annual Commemoration Day to honour and pay tribute to women and men in blue who died in the line of duty between April 2023 to March 2024. As a build up to the Commemoration Day that will be held at the Union Buildings on 01 September 2024, the SAPS will honour 39 members who died during this period. Today we pay tribute to our fallen hero, the late Sergeant Vusi Elvis Siwela who died on 21 August 2023. The 37-year-old member was attached to the Masoyi police station in Mpumalanga and had 16 years of service in the organisation at the time of his passing. The member was fatally shot along with his colleague when they were responding to a business burglary complaint in progress at Chochocho Supermarket in Mgcobanini outside White River. Upon arrival at the crime scene, they were met with gunfire from the heavily armed suspects. Sergeant Siwela was shot and sustained gunshot wounds and died on the scene, whilst his colleague sustained injuries and rushed to nearby hospital for medical treatment. He leaves behind his three children, the youngest being a year old at the time of their father’s passing. Sergeant Siwela’s name and thirty eight others will be engraved on the SAPS memorial wall at the Union Buildings on the 1st of September 2024, as a symbol of gratitude from the nation for the sacrifices he made in serving and protecting the people of this country until his last breath. To Sergeant Siwela, the SAPS flag does not fly because the wind blows it: it flies with the last breath of every police officer who died defending it. May your soul continue to rest in peace. Ends
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